Looking south over Westport Lake, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking south from Chatterley Road over Westport towards Wolstanton. The spire of St Margaret's Church in Wolstanton is to the right with the twin towers of Wolstanton Colliery in the centre. ...
Making steel ingots. Goldendale Ironworks
This photograph shows molten steel being poured into slab ingots at Goldendale Ironworks and was taken between 1950 and 1960. As you can see from the rising steam men employed at steel works often laboured ...
Malkin Tile Company, Newport Lane, Middleport
The camera is looking southwards along Newport Lane with Malkin's Encaustic Tile Works on the right. The large square building in the background is one of the rolling mills at Shelton steel works.
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Mines, steelworks & iron foundries, Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
The is a view north along the valley of the Fowlea Brook from Etruria Road at the bottom of Basford Bank. In the foreground is Hartley's Iron Foundry where many of the storm drain covers (or Hartlids) ...
Molten steel, Goldendale Ironworks, Stoke-on-Trent
This image was taken at Goldendale Ironworks between 1950 and 1960 and shows molten steel being poured.
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Molten Steel, Shelton
A steelworker protects himself behind a shield and leather apron. He is taking the core temperature in a Kaldo steel making furnace prior to the molten steel being poured at the concast (continuous casting) ...
Panorama from Bedford Street, Shelton, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from just north of the flight of locks at Bedford Street in Shelton. The camera is looking northwards along the Caldon Canal with the winding towers of Wolstanton Colliery on ...
Potteries Loop Line junction at Etruria, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from the Etruria Road (formerly Lord Street) railway bridge and shows the Potteries Loop Line to Hanley going off past Shelton Steel works. The main railway line leads off to ...
Robert Hyde & Co, City Road, Stoke upon Trent
The sign over the entrance yard reads "Robert Hyde & Son Ltd. North Stafford Steel Foundry", a company founded in 1910. The City Road foundry was originally the North Staffordshire Railway Locomotive, ...
Safety training at Shelton Bar Steelworks, Stoke-on-Trent
The men in this picture are simulating an accident on the train lines serving Shelton Bar steelworks. The rescuers, Frank and Jack Chevin appear to be attempting to lift the casualty without touching ...
Shelton Bar Steel Works, Etruria
The Trent and Mersey Canal passing through the Steel Works at Shelton Bar. Steel production at Shelton Bar ended in 1978 but the processing of existing steel continued in the rolling mills until the ...
Shelton Iron and Steel Works slag heaps, Stoke-on-Trent
The view south east from the Dryden Road and Barrett Drive area of Cobridge towards Shelton and Hanley. The church tower in the centre belongs to St Mark's, Shelton. The large and small mounds arte slag ...
Shelton Iron and Steel Works, Fowlea Valley, Stoke-on-Trent
This photograph was taken from the Emerson Road area of Cobridge looking south down the Fowlea Valley. The foreground was once part of the old Grange Colliery which supplied the steel works using the ...
Shelton Steel Works from Basford Bank, Stoke-on-Trent
This is the view along Etruria Road near the bottom of Basford Bank, looking towards Shelton Steel works. Behind are the spoil tips of the Shelton and Racecourse Collieries. Wedgwood's Etruria Hall ...
Shelton Steel Works from Grange Park, Stoke-on-Trent
The camera is looking southwest from around the end of Emerson Road over what is now Grange Park part of Festival Park. Shelton Steel Works rolling mills are in the centre and the furnaces to the left. ...
Shelton Steel Works, Stoke-on-Trent
Shelton Steel Works had its origins from the early days of the Industrial Revolution. Granville Levison Gower, Marquis of Stafford, started the works in the Etruria Valley next to the Trent and Mersey ...
Shelton Steelworks from Middleport, Stoke-pn-Trent
The camera is looking south from the Navigation Street area towards the site of Shelton Steel and Iron Works. the buildings in the centre of the photograph are the mills and furnaces of the steelworks. ...
The Fowlea Brook Valley from Hollywall Lane, Goldenhill
Looking in a southerly direction from Hollywall Lane, Goldenhill, towards Westport Lake. Goldendale ironworks furnaces are in the centre of the photograph with Westport Lake to the right. On the skyline ...